The fact that a reporter was brutally tortured, killed, and dismembered did not deter Borowitz, who works at a publication notable for its journalism. “Kill man make baby joke,” he said.

According to New Yorker sources, the crown prince abruptly hung up on the former Fresh Prince producer and immediately called Ronan Farrow to demand that Borowitz be detained indefinitely inside the Algonquin Hotel.

Borowitz said that he was “sad man” that the Saudi royal reacted so negatively to his make joke. “Sad man joke dead man,” he said. “Joke on web.”